HPAE Locals 5058/5138 Bargaining update, July 13

STAFFING: THE WHOLE STORYNEWER NURSES SPEAK UP, SEASONED NURSES BACK THEM UP

Nurses from our hospitals were joined in bargaining by HPAE members from Palisades in Hudson County. Nurses told Hackensack Meridian management the reality of working in our hospitals with insufficient ancillary staff and skill mix.

Story after story touched on the same problems we face every day, and administrators’ stern faces visibly wore down over the lengthy presentation. Taken together, nurses from across our hospitals presented a complete picture of the consequences of HMH’s cost-cutting approach to staffing as we demanded common-sense solutions: